Uganda: MPs Pile More Pressure On State House Scholarships

The Shs 20bn budget for State House scholarships should be controlled by the Higher Education Students' Financing Board, which is established by an Act of Parliament to benefit students, the parliamentary committee on Equal Opportunities has demanded.

The committee argues that it is unfair for the Higher Education Students' Financing Board to get less money yet it assists more students and State House scholarships, which attract more cash cater for fewer students and from well-to-do families. The MPs said the beneficiaries are usually those whose parents can easily approach the president.

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